[arch-general] clipped video output with multihead

[Jelle van der Waa]

On 18/12/11 13:23, Mauro Santos wrote:
> On 18-12-2011 11:40, Ralf Madorf wrote:
>> On Sun, 2011-12-18 at 01:10 -0300, Sébastien le Preste de Vauban wrote:
>>> When I play a video with mplayer2 (also happens with tvtime)
>>>
>>> MPlayer2 2.0-379-ge3f5043 (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team
>>> 162 audio & 361 video codecs
>>>
>>> I get the following display problem on screen 2
>>
>> Linux isn't the best choice for video. Thanks to Robin we've got Ardour3
>> video timeline http://rg42.org/wiki/a3vtl (so I won back hope I already
>> had lost) but this is a little bit OT, regarding to your request.
>>
> 
> OP was asking for help with playback, not editing.
> 
>> Did you try several video players with different backends? I usually
>> install all video players that are available.
>>
>> Linux is bad regarding to audio and video containers and even if Linux
>> is used for some tasks by professional film studios, it's impossible to
>> use it for professional serious basics such as NLE or even for consumer
>> usages like playing common Internet videos or transforming container
>> formats.
>>
> 
> Come again? VLC and mplayer have always been able to happily play
> everything I've thrown at them while many windows players crap
> themselves out because they either don't know how to handle the
> container, video or audio.
> 
>> Try another Linux video player, perhaps with another backend, what ever
>> your problem playing videos might be.
>>
>> 2 Cents,
>>
>> Ralf
>>
>> PS: I experienced tries solving video issues as much too time consuming,
>> that seldom had success. Trying several media players/backends always
>> was the better way for me to go. YMMV.
>>
>>
> 
> 
Might be the video driver? Since doesn't mplayer/vlc/totem all use
ffmpeg? Try ffplay i'd say.


-- 
Jelle van der Waa

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